Northern politicians: the cause of our woes

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• Sam 9 years ago

  Who would have thought Agyemfra Boateng, a King's name in our Akan tribe, especially the Asantes is a brother from the Upper West region?

  Who would have thought Agyemfra Boateng, a King's name in our Akan tribe, especially the Asantes is a brother from the Upper West region?

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• KOFFI 9 years ago

  Adoption of foreign names of course.
  Let us take pride in our own local names.

  Adoption of foreign names of course.
  Let us take pride in our own local names.

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• ASEMPAYE 9 years ago

  This gentle could as well be an Akan but calls himself a Northern brother. I personally don't see anything wrong with it. We are all one people, one country with one common Destiny. If we see aech other as brothers and sister ...
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  This gentle could as well be an Akan but calls himself a Northern brother. I personally don't see anything wrong with it. We are all one people, one country with one common Destiny. If we see aech other as brothers and sister, we would not have this tribal nonsense that is tearing this country apart.

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• Sam 9 years ago

  Are you stupid or something? Did I say there is anything wrong with a Northerner with Akan name or you understanding of English is limited?
  
  Do you even understand the phrase; "what is in a name"? It means name does not mat ...
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  Are you stupid or something? Did I say there is anything wrong with a Northerner with Akan name or you understanding of English is limited?
  
  Do you even understand the phrase; "what is in a name"? It means name does not matter but on this site, if somebody with a name Agyemfra Boating has been reported to have committed a crime, you would have seen more than fifty comments insulting Asantes. You are a damn liar unless you did not read the article. He said he is from the Upper West. I can see an Akan calling himself a Northerner and vice-versa but will not be specific of telling you where he is from since he is not an indigene.

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• OFOSUAA 9 years ago

  at the public account committee during the woyome scandal days it was very strange to see john tia, easily speaking for woyome anytime woyome was queried on his thievery of ghana to the tune of 45 million dollars at the time ...
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  at the public account committee during the woyome scandal days it was very strange to see john tia, easily speaking for woyome anytime woyome was queried on his thievery of ghana to the tune of 45 million dollars at the time he stole our cash....yet john tia is from tongo, a very poor community in ghana up north....if we as ghanaians are not cursed, why would an enlightened man like john tia do this when his people suffer daily from excruciating poverty....NORTHERNERS SHD SHINE THEIR EYE BCOS NDC IS THEIR WORST EVIL, AS EVIDENCED BY SADA AND GYEEDA THIEVERY..

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• Captain Jean-Luc Picard 9 years ago

  I don't think the problem is the northern politicians in government. It's more than that.
  
  The point is that, even if there is not a single northerner in the government, the northern regions should still see rapid developm ...
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  I don't think the problem is the northern politicians in government. It's more than that.
  
  The point is that, even if there is not a single northerner in the government, the northern regions should still see rapid development because THEY ARE INTEGRAL PARTS OF GHANA! No part of our country should be left behind in development because every part can contribute to our national development goals. Even the parts of Ghana that don't have any natural resources cannot be left behind. They are the responsibility of the rest of us.
  
  The problem is the kind of politics ALL our leaders are playing - whether they come from the north or from the south. We are just not able to harness our scarce resources correctly because all our leaders are, first and foremost, for themselves. They are more interested in themselves and their personal wealth. We need selfless leaders - leaders who will remain poor themselves because they are actively seeing to it that the country as a whole becomes richer!!! Leaders who are committed to the nation rather than to themselves and their families and cronies. And leaders who are competent. On this score, both NDC and NPP have failed us. It doesn't matter whether they are Mahama, Bawumia, Kufuor, Akufo-Addo, Rawlings or whoever. They have ALL failed us. The country has remained poor but all these gentlemen are very rich themselves. Why is that so?
  
  One of the greatest strengths of Nkrumah was his selflessness and commitment to the nation - at the expense of his own self.

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• OWOAHENE ACHAMPONG 9 years ago

  MY DEAR BROTHER THE PROBLEM IS WE GHANAIANS ARE NOT MATURED ENOUGH TO VOTE LET ALONE CHOOSING A GOOD PERSON TO REPRESENT US ; A TIN OF SARDINE IS GOOD ENOUGH TO VOTE FOR A GREEDY POLITICIAN TO WIN .

  MY DEAR BROTHER THE PROBLEM IS WE GHANAIANS ARE NOT MATURED ENOUGH TO VOTE LET ALONE CHOOSING A GOOD PERSON TO REPRESENT US ; A TIN OF SARDINE IS GOOD ENOUGH TO VOTE FOR A GREEDY POLITICIAN TO WIN .

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• ANANI 9 years ago

  WELL DELIVERED AND I LOVE IT.

  WELL DELIVERED AND I LOVE IT.

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